With my first I put on 17-20 kilos easy. I did seem to have some water retention too but it most mostly savoury food. My starting weight was a little on the low side, and I enjoyed putting the weight on. I lost a lot straight up - maybe 10 kilos and then when my daughter was 3 months I got a personal trainer and shed the rest. Stopped at a weight I was happy with and stopped exercising too! (never been one for gyms anyway)

This time I'm around half the weight I was with my first and looking to put on somewhere between 10-12 kilos all up. I'm buying a skipping rope this time around and with a toddler to chase around shouldn't be too difficult to lose most of it.